SCOREBOARD Tuesday, June 27 L.A. Dodgers at...

June 27, 2006

SCOREBOARDTuesday, June 27 L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota (8:10 p.m. EDT). Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano tries to win his fourth straight start. STARSSunday -- Richie Sexson, Mariners, went a career-best 5-for-5 with two homers to power Seattle to a 9-4 win at San Diego. -- Ken Griffey Jr., Reds, hit his 549th career home run to move into sole possession of 11th place on the career list as Cincinnati beat Cleveland 4-2. -- Byung-Hyun Kim, Rockies, threw seven shutout innings as Colorado beat Texas 3-0. -- Jay Payton, Athletics, went 4-for-5 with three RBIs in Oakland's 10-4 win at San Francisco. MOOSE'S MILESTONE Mike Mussina recorded his 2,500th strikeout during the New York Yankees' 2-1 win over Florida in the first game of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday. Mussina caught Cody Ross looking in the top of the seventh to become only the 28th major league pitcher to reach the mark. STREAKING Detroit has won nine of 10 after a 4-1 victory over St. Louis on Sunday. ... Mark Redman threw seven shutout innings to win his fifth straight start as Kansas City beat Milwaukee 6-0. WILD THING Daniel Cabrera threw a Baltimore-record four wild pitches in a 9-5 loss to Washington on Sunday. SLUMPING Pittsburgh lost its 11 straight game with a 7-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. ... Cleveland has lost seven of nine, all to NL teams, following a 4-2 setback to Cincinnati. STRONG IN DEFEAT Tadahito Iguchi of the Chicago White Sox homered twice, including the game-tying grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, in a 10-9, 13-inning loss to Houston on Sunday night. INJURED Barry Bonds left Sunday's game against Oakland after the second inning with irritation in his left knee, and is considered day to day. The Athletics beat San Francisco 10-4. SPEAKING "I've never done it before. I thought it would be cool if I could get that. It's kind of nice. Not everyone does it." -- Richie Sexson, who went a career best 5-for-5 with two home runs in Seattle's 9-4 win over the Padres. SEASONSJune 27 1917 -- Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Braves became the first major league player to enter military service in World War I. 1939 -- The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played a 23-inning, 2-2 tie. Whit Wyatt pitched the first 16 innings for the Dodgers. Both clubs played a 26-inning tie in 1920 at the same Braves Field. 1958 -- Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox retired 26 straight Washington batters before pinch-hitter Ed Fitzgerald hit a double just inside the right-field line for the only hit. Pierce then struck out Albie Pearson on three pitches and beat the Senators 3-0. 1973 -- David Clyde, a $125,000, 18-year-old bonus baby with the Rangers, pitched five innings, struck out eight and allowed one hit in his first major league start. Texas beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 before 35,698 fans -- the Rangers' first home sellout at Arlington Stadium. 1980 -- The Los Angeles Dodgers' Jerry Reuss pitched a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in an 8-0 victory at Candlestick Park. The only player to reach base was Jack Clark in the first inning on a throwing error by shortstop Bill Russell. 1986 -- San Francisco rookie Robby Thompson set a major league record when he was caught stealing four times in the Giants' 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Catcher Bo Diaz threw out Thompson in the fourth, sixth, ninth and 11th innings. 1993 -- Anthony Young of the New York Mets set a major league record by losing his 24th straight decision, 5-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals. 1999 -- Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 27th homer and robbed Juan Gonzalez of a three-run shot with a spectacular over-the-fence catch as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the final game at the Kingdome. 2003 -- Boston set a major league record by scoring 10 runs before the first out. The 50-minute, 91-pitch first inning came during a 25-8 victory over Florida. The Red Sox also tied an AL record with 14 first-inning runs. Johnny Damon matched a major league mark with three hits in an inning. Today's birthdays: Luis Rodriguez, 26; Johnny Estrada, 30; Chris Woodward, 30; Daryle Ward, 31; Jim Edmonds, 36.